Star Report

Five women have been nominated for the newly introduced “Bangamata Begum Fazilatunnesa Mujib Award” for their outstanding contributions in different sectors.

They are freedom fighter from Brahmanbaria Prof Momtaz Begum (posthumous) in Independence and Liberation War category; Tangail’s Joya Pati (posthumous) in Education, Culture and Sports; Pabna’s Nurunnahar Begum in Agriculture and Rural Development; freedom fighter from Cumilla Principal Jobeda Khatun Parul in Politics; and Netrakona’s Nadira Jahan (Surma Jahid) in Research.

The award giving ceremony will be held at the capital’s Osmani Memorial Hall at 10:30am today, on the occasion of Bangamata’s 91st birth anniversary. The Ministry of Women and Children Affairs will organise it, where Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will join virtually as chief guest.

Begum Fazilatunnessa, PM’s mother and wife of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, embraced martyrdom along with Bangabandhu and other family members in a brutal attack by some army personnel on August 15 in 1975.